When biting into a chili pepper, you expect a fiery sensation on your tongue. This spiciness is detected because of capsaicinoid compounds. But for some peppers, despite high levels of capsaicinoids, ...

Here’s everything you need to know about the world’s most famous heat ranking system before you add chiles to your next meal. Audrey Morgan is an associate food editor at Food & Wine with over seven ...

In Texas, we find spice so nice we had to proclaim it twice. The Lone Star State is home to not one but two officially sanctioned chiles. In 1995, the Texas Legislature declared the ubiquitous ...

From Wilbur Lincoln Scoville’s lab in 1912 to the set of "Hot Ones" with Kyan Khojandi, the same question persists: how far ...

NAMPA, Idaho — Talk about spicing up your life, contestants at the fifth annual Nampa Farmers Market "Hot Pepper Challenge," signed up to win the unofficial title of Slayer of the Spice. People who ...

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With the recent crowning of Pepper X as the new Guinness World Record holder for hottest chili pepper, here's a look into just how the spiciness of a pepper is calculated — and some examples of very ...

The Carolina Reaper has been officially dethroned as the world’s hottest chili pepper. PuckerButt Pepper Co. founder and pepper expert Ed Currie has spent the past 10 years working on Pepper X, a ...